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Jan# 2, 1945-- A. s GElslNGER l 2,366,393 y APRON Filed Aug. 751,v 1943 Abraham s. Gu-.amar

4uvviwrcm l BY www ATTORNEY Patented Jan'. 2, 1945 UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE APRoN Abraham S. Geisinger, NewYork, N. Y. Application Augustsi, 1943, serial No. 500,604

1 Claim.

My invention relates to aprons, and in more detail t the particular type of wrap-about apron worn by butchers, bakers and bartenders.

These aprons, supplied with extremely klong tape, are diiicult to wash and launder because of the tearing and knotting of the tapes in the laundry machines. Various attempts have been made to separate the tapes from the aprons, but great inconvenience results. Attempts have also been made to fold the tapes for protection. None of these methods has worked satisfactorily,

It is an object of my invention to produce a wrap-about apron with a tape capable of'exi panding to the necessary length, but which when way, or adjacent thereto, unless expanded and in use.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a View, partly cut away, of an apron, showing two methods of applying my invention; and Figure 2 is a detailed View showing a third method. In the drawing and in the specications, like numerals indicate similar parts. y

Referring to the drawing, my apron is represented in general bythe numeral I. This apron is provided with the customary body part 2, neck loop 3, and the tape guideway 4, which are formed vin the customary and normal manner.

A tape 5, about one-half of the normal wrapabout apron tape, is attached to the apron adjacent or inside the guideway at 6., One end of an elastic or resilient tape 'l is attached inside the guideway, at approximately its center, and

the other end is attached to the tape 5 at a point 8, about two-thirds of thelength of the tape 5 i from the attached point 6. The elastic tape 1 is of such a length that when in its normal retracted position, it is well within the guideway, and in this position, a considerable part of the tape 5 is held retracted into the guideway. The part of the tape 5, extending from the guideway, is only a loop, one end of which is attached at the point 6 and the free end of the tape 5. When this combination of tapes is in use, the expansion of the elastic tape permits the tape 5 to function in its normal manner, but when not in use, the elasticity of the tape 1 pulls the tape 5 into the guidewayand leaves exposed only the loop and the short end.

A Variation of my invention is shown at the right of Figure l. Here a tape is formed of a combination of elastic or' resilient tape I0 and normal tape Il. These tapes are sewed together, with the normal tape scalloped to the elastic tape so that the combination can. be expanded when in useA to the full length of the normal tape, and when not in use, the combination automatically contracts and returns to or inside the guideway. In the drawing one end of this combinationtape is attached to the guideway at about its center point. However, the end could be attached at any point in the guideway, or even outside thev guideway, under which condition the combination tape would rest contracted at the side of the apron.

Another variation of my invention is shown in Figure 2. Here the apron 20 is` provided with a combination of normal tapes 2l and elastic tape 22. The center of the elastic tape is sewed'to the center of the guideway and either end of the elastic tape is attached to an end of a normal tape. The length of the elastic tape is such that when it is contracted, it rests wholly within the guideway, and the length of either of the normal tapes is such that each tape expands a short distance beyond the guideway. When this-tape is used, the combination of elastic and normal tapes is such that it can be extended to the desired length, under which conditions, the elastic tape ends are beyond the guideway.

In addition to other possible variations and forms of my invention and in the particular variations described, the lengths of the different tapes and the positions of sewing may be varied without changing the form and scope of the invention. Therefore, I desire to cover all forms, modifications and embodiments of my invention which may come within the spirit and scope of the claim.

I claim:

An apron having. a body part, a guideway, and a tape, the tape formed of an elastic section and a non-elastic section, the elastic section sewed to the apron at one end and to the non-elastic section, the non-elastic section sewed at one end to the apron and intermediate its ends to the elastic tape.

a ABRAHAM S. GEISINGER. 

